What are the best varieties for growing in greenhouses?
Cucumber is the freshest vegetable of the summer. There are a lot of its varieties. Fruits can be large, small, thorny (lumpy) and smooth-fruited, but the best varieties of cucumber for greenhouses, as well as for open ground, are those that give an early, rich and tasty harvest.
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Which ones are suitable for greenhouses?
The first vegetable to be planted indoors is a cucumber. Since this culture loves warmth and moisture and does not really like wind and drafts, if these requirements are fully met by the appropriate conditions, then the harvest in greenhouses is harvested earlier.
Lovers of this vegetable can feast on it all year round if certain conditions are met:
- build a good greenhouse;
- choose suitable seeds;
- provide proper care for the plant.
Like any garden plant, greenhouse cucumber varieties also have a classification. According to the harvest period, they are divided into three groups:
- winter and spring;
- spring and summer;
- summer and autumn.
Each of these groups has its own division depending on the rate of fruit formation:
- early ripening (early);
- mid-season;
- late ripening,
and on the method of pollination:
- pollinated by insects;
- parthenocarpic (self-pollinating).
Another classification of this crop for growing in greenhouses is based on the further purpose of the vegetable. Based on this, cucumbers are:
- canned food (used for pickling and salting);
- salad;
- universal.
It is important for canned cucumber that it has a thin skin and contains sugar. In this regard, salad greens with a thicker skin are not recommended to be grown for subsequent processing.
The most profitable and convenient for gardeners are the universal type, which can be consumed both raw and salted. This category, for example, includes "Marta", which, among other things, is early ripening (the first fruits appear 37 days after planting) and high-yielding. Thus, by planting it in a greenhouse, you win in every way.
The best varieties for greenhouses
The harvest of this vegetable depends not only on the arrangement of the greenhouse, it is important to choose the right variety. To do this, you need to clearly understand what you want more: get early fruits, get a very large harvest, enjoy the taste of a vegetable, or eat late cucumbers when frost comes.
The most productive
When choosing seeds for greenhouse cucumber varieties, each gardener is guided by his own requirements. For someone, it is important to harvest quickly, for someone - to harvest as long as possible, someone exclusively values taste, but the indisputable fact remains that yield is important for everyone. There are those that allow you to give more than thirty kilograms of vegetables per square meter, provided that the necessary conditions in the greenhouse are provided. What varieties of cucumbers for greenhouses give the best yields when grown?
Tumi. It is distinguished by good endurance: it is unpretentious to watering, is not exposed to many diseases, easily tolerates temperature changes, but at the same time it gives good fruits. It can give up to 12 kg of harvest from one bush. Productivity is not the only advantage of Tumi cucumber, in size it can reach 10 cm., It has a thin skin.
Courage. It is highly regarded by gardeners. We can say that this is one of the most bought and grown. It is rightfully classified as a high-yielding one, since up to 25 kg of fruits can be harvested from one bush, of course, subject to sufficient care.The main indicator of the number of fruits is its flowers: how many flowers - so many fruits. Courage is resistant to many diseases that plague greenhouse plants.
Cupid F1 is one of the most popular ultra-early and most productive hybrids. With normal care, you can collect up to 30 kg per square meter, with increased - up to 50 kg of vegetables per square meter of the greenhouse.
The earliest
For the best varieties of cucumbers for greenhouses in this category, you can find many names. We will only tell you about the best and most popular ones.
Zozulya. For this variety of early ripening cucumbers, it takes 48 days to complete the growth process from germination to fruiting. It is distinguished not only by its rapid ripening, but also by the size of the fruit, which reaches 23cm.
Masha F1 is one of the relatively new hybrids, it is considered the earliest. The size of its fruit is medium, so it is excellent for fresh consumption, as well as for pickling and preserving. Judging by the reviews of gardeners, Masha F1 is a real find.
Hybrid Hector. Gardeners fell in love with these early-ripening Dutch cucumbers for the fact that the fruits of the vegetable do not turn yellow, are very tasty and have a dense pulp. It is used both fresh for the preparation of various dishes, and fruit is salted.
The most delicious hybrids
The hybrids have acquired considerable love for gardeners. What distinguishes them from ordinary "relatives" is that they are more resistant to most diseases, temperature extremes. Their cultivation is possible both in greenhouses and in the open field. They have a higher ripening rate and higher yields.
Herman F1 - refers to over-yielding self-pollinating. Differs in its taste both fresh and canned. This cucumber lacks bitterness, which is good not only for eating it in salads. Before conservation, you do not need to soak the fruits. The crop that the bushes give is up to 25 kg per square meter in the greenhouse, however, if the plant is provided with the necessary feeding, then 10 kg more can be harvested.
Prestige F1. It is chosen by gardeners who prefer growing early cucumbers in a greenhouse and strive to reap a high yield. Under appropriate conditions, Prestige yields a yield of 25kg per square meter. More often it is grown for further conservation. Its advantages include resistance to many diseases, temperature extremes and darkening. According to gardeners, this variety has excellent taste, has a slight sweetness, does not taste bitter.
Ecole F1. This breed of early parthenocarpic hybrid is considered the best representative of the salting category.. Its fruits are without bitterness, juicy, crunchy. Like most of its "congeners" grown in the greenhouse, it is resistant to some diseases.
Cucumbers can be grown in greenhouses not only in spring, but also to delight yourself and your family with fresh vegetables in winter: just create the necessary conditions and choose the appropriate type of this vegetable (for example, Angelina hybrid).
Video "The best varieties of cucumber"
Video with an overview of the main varieties of cucumber. Which varieties are suitable for the greenhouse, which ones give more yield.